Abraham Lincoln Gary
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 260
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...county, that state, April 6, 1824, son of James and Catherine (King) Frazee, both of whom also were born in Kentucky, the former born on March 10, 1800, and the latter, November 13, 1801. William Frazee came to Indiana with his family in 1829 and settled in Rush county, where he and his wife spent their last days, his death occurring here on September 11, 1877, and hers, February 17, 1876. Benjamin Frazee was five years of age when he came to this county with his parents and he grew to manhood here, a farmer from the days of his youth. At the age of twenty be began farming on his own account and in 1851 bought a tract of forty acres in Noble township, paying for the same $625. This was the nucleus of his later extensive landholdings, which he gradually increased until he became the owner of 2,000 acres of land in this county. It was in 1854 that Benjamin Frazee married Ruth Thompson. To that union were born six children, those besides Mrs. Clark, who was born on February 6, 1855, being John H., July 22, 1857; Laura Dell (deceased), August 3, 1860; Alice (deceased), December 7, 1862; Catherine, May 8, 1869, and James Edward (deceased), November 15, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have three children, Lewis Cecil, Elsie and Marie, the latter of whom is the wife of Charles Offutt, a well known Noble township farmer. Lewis Cecil Clark is the state agent for the Ben-Hur Life Insurance Company of Missouri. He married Agnes Hale. Elsie Clark married Dr. N. G. Willis, of Connersville, Ind., and has two children, Clark and Ruth. JAMES F. WILSON, a well-known farmer of Noble township, was born in Ripley county, Indiana, July 25, 1874, son of William and Margaret (Marsh) Wilson, both of whom were born and reared in Ripley county. They attended school in...